From this day forward, Wayne Simien shall be referred to as “Draft Bargain” Wayne Simien
Miami got Wayne. I’ve had had Will “Bienvenido a Miami” Smith pumping in my head now for what seems like hours. I wonder what San Antonio was thinking when they made the pass. I wonder what Portland was smoking, correction, I confirmed that the Portland management also smokes the fat buddha in the off-season when they selected Linas Kleiza ahead of Wayne.
But I’m happy that Wayne will be joining a good team and will have a chance to start from day one.
Congrats Wayne, on earning some guaranteed money. Please don’t use it to buy a hunned thousand dolla car, even though everybody’s got’em.
UPDATE: Stephen Duncan Jr., who isn’t, I gather related to Tim Duncan, but who is a big Spurs and Jayhawks fans offers some reasons why San Antonio passed on Wayne here and here. RD Baker notes that with the departure of Udonis Haslem (and the gentrification of Christian Laettner), Wayne could be looking at a starting roll playing forward opposite Shaquille O’Neal. If he could only shoot freethrows on Shaq’s behalf, the Heat would be unbeatablee.
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June 29th, 2005 at 7:38 am
I’m a Jayhawk and a Spurs fan. You can check out my blog and see me ask why they passed him up. The answer is: Luis Scola, a player of similar size that they drafted a few years ago who is considered the best player in Europe now, and who they intend to bring over this year. I’m still not sure that makes it a good idea to let Miami get Simien though…
June 30th, 2005 at 8:18 am
That’s strange that it didn’t track back… My WordPress blog on MVN usually pings automatically.
June 30th, 2005 at 8:21 am
Still, the fact that the underacheiving Linus Kleiza got taken before Simien is just wrong on principle.
(and before any Missouri fan calls me a Kansas homer, I’m a Texas Tech graduate)
July 12th, 2005 at 11:18 am
Notes On Wayne Simien
Some thoughts on why Wayne Simien won’t be in San Antonio….
July 20th, 2005 at 4:41 pm
Everything happens for a reason….God puts you where you are needed…..Wayne was picked to go to Miami because he is needed in Miami….Someone in Miami or (a lot of someones) in Miami may be in need of what Wayne (the human being) has to offer…I know he has helped me and I have never even met the man. Any way I would rather see him playing for Miami instead of Denver….